We are moved by how many lay Catholics are engaging with lockdown as a retreat. A big thank you to our friend Marianna Nodale, a member of the Blackfriars congregation, for allowing us to publish her testimony from lockdown....
From Ascension Day Mass at Blackfriars this day last year: Men of Galilee by Fr Dominic. “Men of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens? This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven will return as your saw...
Tomorrow 14 May, the Feast of St. Matthias, the Catholic Church is participating in a Day of Fastin, Prayer and Charitable Works for the good of all humanity, and an end to the Covid-19 pandemic. Remarkably, this initiative comes...
In the second of her series of talks on St. Thomas and the Passions, Sr. Mary Magdalene Eitenmiller OP considers Love and Charity. At this difficult time especially we want lots of both and want and need to give...
One positive at this time is the really beautiful spring – aided by much lower levels of pollution. Our good friend Karen Rodgers has been making good use of this time doing nature photography with her family, and translating...
A pastoral letter for Good Shepherd Sunday from our bishop, Bishop Alan Hopes. Good Shepherd Sunday is also Vocations Sunday, and Bishop Alan reflects on vocation – especially on the vocation to the priesthood, shepherds for today’s flock, and...
Wednesday 29th April is the feast of the great Dominican St. Catherine of Siena, founder of the Dominican Sisters. Her feast is especially timely this year as St. Catherine ministered and preached to victims of plague. Here is a...
Our brother Fr Bruno is a composer, but his day job is being a scholar and teacher of the Bible. During lockdown, many of us are trying to make good use of this time to learn new things and read...
At a time like this it’s difficult not to get emotional – grief, anger and so on – and sometimes it can feel that our emotions are getting on top of us, and getting in the way of prayer....
A beautiful, traditional prayer of St. Teresa of Avila, for a time of fear. It’s not unreasonable to be fearful at the moment: however nicely we smile at each other in the shop or street, the other person is...